MIL-OSI Europe: Written question – EU billions for Ahmed al-Sharaa, a.k.a. Abu Mohammad al-Julani – E-001182/2025

Question for written answer  E-001182/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Barbara Bonte (PfE)

On 17 March 2025, at the ninth conference on Syria in Brussels, the Commission announced that it would be allocating almost EUR 2.5 billion in 2025 and 2026 for the transition in Syria, which is to be led by the new Syrian regime under the terrorist jihadist Ahmed al-Sharaa, better known as Abu Mohammad al-Julani.

While the Commission still seems to be in a state of euphoria, Abu Mohammad al-Julani has proven himself to be Syria’s new butcher. He glossed over the murder of more than a thousand Alawites and Christians, referring to it ‘as an expected challenge’.

• 1.What specific conditions with regard to the protection of religious minorities, and in particular Alawites and Christians, has the Commission imposed on the new Syrian regime in relation to the billions in aid?
• 2.Does the Commission not consider it necessary to suspend the payment of the billions pledged on 17 March 2025 as long as the violence continues in Syria?
• 3.What specific monitoring mechanisms is the Commission using to oversee the expenditure of considerable EU funds in Syria?

Submitted: 19.3.2025